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MacDill AFB, Florida, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
MacDill AFB, Florida
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 30 0ctober 1957 MacDill AFB,Florida Probably Balloon Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft .Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 30/23457 AinVisuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OiYes 口 Probobly Astronomicol ONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. KXlnsufficient Data for Evaluation three SE 口 Unknown 45 seconds TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Cigar shaped object with blunt ends, Possible meteor sighting although looked to be 2 ft in length,silvery duration exceptionally long. yellow,three objects flying parallell Also possible a/calthough dura- Came slightly from Sw to SE into tion short.Insufficient data for haze & fog on horizon. analysis. AT1C

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